This semester's topic will concern the religious experience of people from the African diaspora in the Americas. We will begin by learning about African Traditional Religions and Christianity and Islam in Africa. Then we will move to some of the religions that developed in the Caribbean, such as Haitian Vodou and Cuban Santeria, and then onto the religious experiences and history of African-descended people in the United States, such as in various forms of Christianity, in Black American religious music, in groups such as the Nation of Islam, as well as in Jamaican Rastafarianism. This course gives World Cultures credit.